A less government conservative Republican from Livingston County, MI
Opinions on this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Livingston County Republican Party.
Chairman of LCRP since January 2013

Genesee County battles to be the 2nd or 3rd most democrat county in the state every year. It is the home of Flint, birthplace of the UAW. It is the former home of Michael Moore (Davison). It is most known as Buick City, and General Motors plants, although the decline of automobile jobs has hurt the Flint area heavily. It is a very blue collar county, with a lot of socially moderate/conservative, but economic liberals in the suburbs, and both social and economic liberals in Flint itself. The Southern portion of the county tilts more Republican, while the Central portion is the most democrat.

As bad as Genesee County is for the Republicans, President Bush significantly improved here over 2000. The fact that he improved at all in Flint itself is amazing. The fastest growing part of the county is near Fenton and Grand Blanc, so those are the two areas to watch. Flushing is another area to watch.Redistricting significantly impacted Genesee County. It used to be split between three different congressional districts, but Dale Kildee now has the whole county, much to the thanks of Mike Rogers. There were some slight changes in the state representative districts, with Dave Robertson having a competitive district in the fast growing and more republican Southern portion of the county. Previously Grand Blanc and Fenton were split between Deborah Cherry’s district, and Patricia Lockwood’s district. The other districts became more democrat because of Robertson’s GOP leaning district.